Essential Question

How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our sense of self worth?

Standards

CCSS RI 12-6 Determine an author's purpose and analyze the author's use of rhetoric to develop this purpose.

CCSS RI 12-1 Students will draw inferences from the text and support with text evidence.

Bellwork

Do the Daily Edit!

Requirements

Discuss independent reading requirements.

What is a reading journal?

Course Reading Requirements

Quarter 1-Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles, final essay)

Quarter 2- Free Choice (Journal with 15-20 solid entries)

Quarter 3- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)

Quarter 4- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)

Examining Ideas: TED Talk!

Follow along and jot down notes and reactions on the interactive transcript.

Use your annotations to complete the graphic organizer for Socratic circles.

Some ideas for consideration:

• Connections between this speech and the speech from yesterday
• This school is very diverse. Do you think that is the norm?
• Do you notice the resegregation that Benjamin discusses in your life?

Socratic Seminar

• Divide students into inside/outside circles.
• Each group gets 7 minutes in the inside circle.
• Students self-assess on checklist. Write a quick reflection of your own performance in Socratic Seminars this week. What are your strengths and weaknesses in discussion?